League of Nations mandate under Australian administration

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The League of Nations mandate under Australian administration was an international trusteeship arrangement that placed former German New Guinea under Australian control after World War I, with Australia governing the territory on behalf of the League rather than as a sovereign colony.

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Australian colonial administration 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations mandate
international trusteeship arrangement
administeredBy Australia NERFINISHED
administeredFrom Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED
administeredOnBehalfOf League of Nations NERFINISHED
allowedAdministratorTo exploit natural resources subject to League oversight
appliedToTerritory former German New Guinea
basedOn Treaty of Versailles NERFINISHED
capitalOfMandatedTerritory Rabaul NERFINISHED
didNotConfer full sovereignty on Australia
endDate 1946
endedBecauseOf dissolution of League of Nations
geographicLocation Southwest Pacific NERFINISHED
governedBy Australian civil administration subsequently
Australian military administration initially
includedRegion Bismarck Archipelago NERFINISHED
Northeastern New Guinea mainland NERFINISHED
several outlying Pacific islands
legalStatusOfAdministration trusteeship rather than sovereignty
mandateClass Class C mandate
obligedAdministratorTo promote welfare of inhabitants
report annually to League of Nations
partOf League of Nations mandates system NERFINISHED
politicalLegacy precursor to Territory of Papua and New Guinea under Australian administration
populationIncluded indigenous Papuan and Melanesian peoples
replacedBy United Nations Trust Territory of New Guinea NERFINISHED
resultOf World War I NERFINISHED
startDate 1920
succeededTerritory German New Guinea NERFINISHED
supervisedBy Permanent Mandates Commission NERFINISHED

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Huli people historicalContact League of Nations mandate under Australian administration
this entity surface form: Australian colonial administration
German New Guinea legalStatusAfterWWI League of Nations mandate under Australian administration